Woman Says She Loves James Holmes Even Though He Might Be A Killer

A woman loves the man suspected of killing 12 moviegoers last
summer so much she dyed her hair bright orange to match his.

Misty Benjamin, 30, attended all three days of James Holmes'
preliminary hearing this week and told The
Daily Mail she did so because
she doesn't think Holmes is a bad person, even though "what
he did was bad."

"Tons of people are hating me because I'm deciding to be
compassionate and show compassion for a person that committed a
horrendous crime," Benjamin said.

"When I first saw him, I was physically attracted to him," she
added. "I thought, 'oh crap. I think he is cute.'"

Holmes is facing more than 160 charges for allegedly
opening fire on a theater full of people during The Dark Knight
Rises midnight premiere in Aurora, Colo.

Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned the week of May 11, at which
time he will have to enter a plea.

But for Benjamin, an Aurora resident herself, the details of the
case just don't matter.

“Even after everything I heard, I can still say
I can still support this human being,” she told The
Daily Beast after the third day of the hearing. “He is not an
animal. I don’t think he is a bad guy. What he did was
bad.”

Benjamin is so in love with the accused killer, she told the
Beast she keeps a picture of him in her wallet.

"When I get upset, I look at his picture and I calm down," she
said.

And Benjamin isn't alone.

Allison Ernst was so concerned about Holmes she
petitioned the court in August to have him released to her
care, calling the case against him "a huge conspiracy."

Some people have become so obsessed with Holmes they call
themselves Holmies and
created a Facebook page dedicated to the accused gunman.

The page says it's a "fan club for Holmies. Holmies for life!!"

Experts have long speculated why people, mainly women, have a
tendency to latch on to notorious killers.

One theory
speculates serial killer groupies want to be seen as rescuers
and believe they can change the accused murderers. Others thrive
on the drama surrounding the suspect, according to TruTV.